Mr Paul Baker
- Speciality
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Telephone
- 01642 850850. Ext 54168
- Appointed
- March 2014
- Special interests
- Primary and revision hip and knee replacement
- Orthopaedic trauma
- Treatment of Peri-prosthetic fractures
- Treatment of Peri-prosthetic joint infections
- Orthopaedic research and research leadership
- Innovation within the NHS
- Training
- MBBS (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) - July 2001
- MSc (Evidence based practiced (Orthopaedics)) (University of Teesside) - November 2007
- FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) - February 2011
- Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (Open University) - July 2013
- Good Clinical Practice - (Re-validated) October 2016
- MD (Newcastle University) - March 2014
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Research (Newcastle University) - November 2015
- Additional information
- Consultant in trauma and orthopaedics - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Director of research and innovation - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Executive director - Durham Tees Valley Research Alliance (DVTRA)
- British Orthopaedic Association ABC Travelling Fellow
- Clinical Research Fellow - York University
- Associate Clinical Researcher - Newcastle University
- Consultant mentor - CORNET (Collaborative Orthopaedic Research NETwork)
- Member of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
- Member of the BOA research committee
- NICE hip, knee and shoulder replacement guideline committee member
- Royal College of Surgeons Speciality Lead for Orthopaedics
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Health Technology Assessment (HTA) research commissioning board member
- National Institute for Health Research grant holder for the OPAL study (Occupational advice for patients undergoing arthroplasty of the lower limb)
- British Associations for Surgery of the Knees revision knee working group member